What we source

Commercial lobby furniture we supply

A lobby is the one room every guest walks through and nobody sits in for long, which makes it the easiest place to over-spend and the fastest place to look tired. We supply the pieces that hold up to the traffic.

Lobby furniture does a strange job. It has to look like the best room in the building, because it sets the impression for everything after it, but it takes short bursts of heavy traffic from people with luggage, coats and wet shoes rather than long comfortable sittings. That combination punishes residential pieces quickly: arms take the weight of people levering themselves up, seat edges wear where bags rest, and pale fabrics show a winter of foot traffic in a month.

We supply the seating and the tables together, because a lobby specified as loose chairs alone never quite works. Club chairs and sofas for the waiting groups, benches and ottomans for the pass-through traffic, and occasional tables at the right heights so nobody is balancing a coffee on their knee. Tell us the footprint and the property type and we will price a grouping that suits the actual traffic.

Representative spec ranges

Broad on purpose. Real numbers come back with your quote.

Lobby sofas: $900-$2,800 contract-grade
Club & lounge chairs: $400-$1,300 each
Benches & ottomans: $300-$900 each
Occasional & coffee tables: $250-$900 each
Fabric spec: 100,000+ double rubs, cleanable to commercial solvents, lightfast near glazing
Lead times: Stocked: 3-6 weeks - made-to-order and COM: 8-14 weeks

What we check before we quote

Light is the thing that ages a lobby

Lobbies are glazed, and sun does more visible damage to lobby upholstery than people do. We check lightfastness and orientation before specifying anything pale, because a sofa that fades unevenly along one arm reads as neglect even when the frame is perfect.

Arms take the load, not the seat

People push themselves up out of lobby seating rather than standing cleanly, so the arms and the front rail carry loads a residential frame never sees. Corner-blocked hardwood and a properly braced front rail are what stop a chair loosening in its second year.

Height, not just style

A lobby with luggage and older guests needs firmer seats and higher seat heights than a lounge does. A deep, soft, low sofa photographs beautifully and is quietly difficult to get out of, which is the wrong impression for a reception area.

Getting it through the door

Sofas are the freight claim champions of furniture, and lobby deliveries usually mean a working entrance and a service lift. We check access, crating and who is carrying it before the order rather than on delivery day.

Questions we get a lot

What is commercial lobby furniture?

Furniture built and tested for the traffic a public lobby takes rather than for a home. In practice that means kiln-dried hardwood or steel frames, corner blocking, higher-density foam that keeps its shape, and upholstery rated well above residential abrasion standards.

Can we use residential sofas in a hotel lobby?

You can, and they will look right for a season. Residential frames, foam and fabric are not rated for the sit counts a lobby takes, so the usual outcome is visible sag and worn arms inside a year, then replacement at full cost.

Do you supply reception desks?

No. We supply lobby seating and tables, not millwork or reception desks. If you need a desk we will tell you plainly rather than quote something we do not stock.

How many seats should a lobby have?

It depends on what the lobby is for. A hotel lobby absorbing check-in waves needs more than an office reception where people wait two minutes. Send us the footprint and the property type and we will suggest a count rather than guess at one.

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